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Privacy Awareness Week 2014

May 5, 2014

by

Guilherme Roschke

Counsel for International Consumer Protection, Office of International Affairs, FTC

Mobilize Your Privacy. That’s the timely theme for Privacy Awareness Week 2014, an initiative of the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) Forum that began Sunday, May 4. Check out the initiative’s website for tips that can help you protect your privacy when using mobile devices and resources to help spread the word in your community.

How can you participate in Privacy Awareness Week? Visit OnGuardOnline.gov, the U.S. government’s website to help you stay safe, secure, and responsible online. It features videos, games, articles, and blog posts with practical tips for using computers and mobile devices. Here are some examples of what you’ll find on the site:

Privacy Awareness Week is an initiative of the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities Forum. Formed in 1992, APPA is a forum for privacy, security and data protection regulators to collaborate and exchange ideas. Members include authorities from the U.S., Australia (National, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory), Canada (National, British Columbia), Colombia, Hong Kong, Korea, Macau, Mexico, New Zealand and Peru. For more information about APPA and Privacy Awareness Week, visit www.privacyawarenessweek.org.

Comments

I received 2 flyers in the mail in the past two weeks addressed to C. Palma. Catherine Palma died two years ago. The flyer said congratulations on your new home and welcome to the neighborhood and had discount coupons for local stores like JCPenny. It's raising a red flag for me. Where did the marketing company get her name with this address. She has not lived here for over ten years.

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